‘Death by cop’ man jailed over threats

A man who gardaí believe wanted “death by cop” has been jailed for a year for threatening to kill officers and detonate a bomb.

Gary Partridge, aged 29, claimed this was never his intention and insisted he was actually trying to get the attention of gardaí. He said he was annoyed that his report to gardaí, that there was a suspect device in his estate, had been ignored.

Detective Sergeant Eddie Carroll told Pieter Le Vert, prosecuting, one of the officers had to fire his own gun because he was concerned that Partridge was going to shoot him.